A). βαίμεναι Hsch. ), fut. βήσομαι Il. 2.339 , etc., Dor. βᾱσεῦμαι Theoc. 2.8 , etc.: pf. βέβηκα Il. 15.90 , etc., Dor. βέβᾱκα Pi. I. 4(3).41 , etc., with shortd. forms βεβάᾱσι Il. 2.134 , contr. βεβᾶσι A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.), Eu. 76 , etc.; subj. βεβῶσι (ἐμ-) Pl. Phdr. 252e ; inf. βεβάμεν Il. 17.359 , βεβάναι E. Heracl. 610 (lyr.); part. βεβαώς, -αυῖα Il. 14.477 , Hom. Epigr. 15.10 , contr. βεβώς: plpf. ἐβεβήκειν Il. 11.296 , etc., Ep. βεβήκειν 6.495 ; sync. 3 pl. βέβᾰσαν 17.286 , etc.: aor. 2 ἔβην Il. 17.112 , etc., Dor. ἔβᾱν Pi. O. 13.97 , etc.; Ep. 3 sg. βῆ Il. 13.297 , Ep. 3 dual βάτην [ᾰ] 1.327 , 3 pl. ἔβαν A. Pers. 18 (lyr.),(κατ-) S. Tr. 504 (lyr.), Ep. βάν Il. 20.32 ; imper. βῆθι, Dor. βᾶθι S. Ph. 1196 (lyr.); βᾱ in compds. ἔμβα, κατάβα, etc., 2 pl. βᾶτε A. Supp. 191 , Eu. 1033 (lyr.); subj. βῶ, Ep. 3 sg. βήῃ (ὑπερ-) Il. 9.501 , βήω 6.113 , ἐμ-βέῃ GDI 5075.4 (Cret.), Dor. βᾶμες (for βῶμεν) Theoc. 15.22 ; opt. βαίην; inf. βῆναι ( Att. Prose only in compds.), Ep. βήμεναι Od. 19.296 , Dor. βᾶμεν Pi. P. 4.39 ; part. βάς βᾶσα βάν, Dor. pl. ἐκ-βῶντας Th. 5.77 :— Med., Ep. aor.1 ἐβήσετο (ἀπ-) Il. 1.428 :— Pass., pres. (v. infr. A. 11.1 ): in compds., aor. ἀν-, παρ-, ξυν-εβάθην, X. Eq. 3.4 , Th. 3.67 , 4.30 ; later παρ-εβάνθην D.C. 48.2 ,al.; ἀνα-, παρα-, ξυμ-βέβᾰμαι, X. Eq.Mag. 1.4 , Th. 1.123 , 8.98 ; παρα-βέβασμαι D. 17.12 : fut. παρα-βαθήσομαι Sch. E. Hec. 802 .—For the Act. fut. and aor. 1, v. infr. B; for pres. part. βιβάς, v. βίβημι. —In correct Att. Prose the pres. βαίνω is almost the only tense in use; but in compds. Prose writers used all tenses freely.

A). in the above tenses,

I). intr., walk, step, prop. of motion on foot, ποσὶ βήσετο Il. 5.745 , etc.; but also of all motion on ground, the direction being commonly determined by a Prep.:—the kind of motion is often marked by a part., βῆ φεύγων, βῆ ἀΐξασα, Il. 2.665 , 4.74 : c. part. fut., denoting purpose, βῆ ῥ’ Ἶσον .. ἐξεναρίξων he went to slay, Il. 11.101 : with neut. Adj. as Adv., σαῦλα ποσὶν β. h.Merc. 28 ; ἁβρὸν β. παλλεύκῳ ποδί E. Med. 1164 , cf. 830 (lyr.); ἴσα or ὁμοίως β. τινί, D. 19.314 , X. Eq. 1.3 ; ἐν ποικίλοις β. A. Ag. 936 , cf. 924 ; march or dance, μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ, ἐν ῥυθμῷ, Th. 5.70 , Pl. Lg. 670b : freq. c. inf. in Hom., βῆ δ’ ἰέναι set out to go, went his way, Il. 4.199 , etc.; βῆ δ’ ἴμεν 5.167 , etc.; βῆ δὲ θέειν started to run, 2.183 , etc.; βῆ δ’ ἐλάαν 13.27 : c. acc. loci, νέας Od. 3.162 , cf. S. OT 153 (lyr.), OC 378 ; ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν was going on board ship, Od. 11.534 ; but ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ [νηῒ]. . ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον were on board, Il. 2.510 ; ἐφ’ ἵππων βάντες having mounted the chariot, 18.532 ; ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσα mounted on .. , S. OC 313 ; ἐς δίφρον Il. 5.364 ; ἐς ἅρματα E. El. 320 ; βαίνειν δῑ αἵματος wade in blood, Id. Ph. 20 .

2). in pf., stand or be in a place, χῶρος ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν S. OC 52 ; βεβηκὼς σφόδρα firmly poised (opp. κρεμάμενος) Pl. Ti. 62c ; β. μάχη steady fight, Plu. Phil. 9 : freq. almost, = εἰμί (sum), εὖ βεβηκώς on a good footing, well established, prosperous, [ θεοὶ] εὖ βεβηκότας ὑπτίους κλίνουσ’ Archil. 56.3 ; τυραννίδα εὖ βεβηκυῖαν Hdt. 7.164 , cf. S. El. 979 ; εὖ βίου βεβηκότα prob. for ἐν βίῳ βεβιωκότα Nicom. Com. 2 ; ἀσφαλέως βεβηκὼς ποσσί Archil. 58.4 ; ἐπισφαλῶς βεβ. LXX Wi. 4.4 ; ἄγαλμα βεβηκὸς ἄνω τὰ κάτω δὲ κεχηνός Eub. 107.23 ; οἱ ἐν τέλει ἐόντες, βεβῶτες, they who arein office, Hdt. 9.106 , S. Ant. 67 ; τοῦτον οὐχ ὁρῇς ὅκως βέβη-[κεν] ἀνδριάντα; Herod. 4.36 ;[ λίθους] ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις χώραις βεβηκότας IG 7.3073.163 (Lebad.); ἐν κακοῖς βεβ. S. El. 1057 ; μοίρᾳ οὐκ ἐν ἐσθλᾷ β. ib. 1095 (lyr.); βοῦς, κλεὶς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκεν, v. βοῦς IV, κλείς 4 ; φρόνει βεβὼς ἐπὶ ξυροῦ τύχης S. Ant. 996 .

b). Geom. of figures, stand on a base, ἐπί τινος Arist. IA 709a24 , cf. Apollon.Perg. Con. 3.3 ; πυραμὶς ἐπὶ τετραγώνου βεβηκυῖα Hero *Stereom. 1.31 ; of an angle, stand on an arc, ἐπί τινος, πρός τινι, Euc. 3 Def. 9 , cf. 16.26 .

c). βεβηκὼς ῥυθμός stately rhythm, Syrian. in Hermog. 1p.69R. ; ἀνάπαυσις ib. p.18 R.

3). go away, depart, ἐν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδ’ Il. 12.16 ; ἔβαν ἄγοντες, ἔβαν φέρουσαι, have gone and taken away, 1.391 , 2.302 ; ἄφαρ βέβακεν S. Tr. 134 ; θανάσιμος βέβηκεν Id. OT 959 , cf. 832 ; βεβᾶσι φροῦδοι E. IT 1289 ; βέβηκα euphem. for τέθνηκα, A. Pers. 1002 (lyr.); of things, ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι nine years have come and gone, Il. 2.134 ; πῇ ὅρκια βήσεται; ib. 339 , cf. 8.229 .

4). come, τίπτε βέβηκας; 15.90 ; arrive, S. OT 81 , Aj. 921 .

5). go on, advance, ἐς τόδε τόλμης, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων, Id. OT 125 , 772 ; ἐπ’ ἔσχατα Id. OC 217 (lyr.).

6). c. part. as periphr. for fut., βαίνω καταγγέλλων PMag.Par. 1.2474 .

II). c. acc., mount, Hom. only in aor. Med. βήσασθαι δίφρον Il. 3.262 , Od. 3.481 : in Act. (fut. part. Med. βησόμενος Them. Or. 21.248b ), of the male, mount, cover, Pl. Phdr. 250e , Achae. 28 , Arist. HA 575a13 , etc.:—in Pass., ἵπποι βαινόμεναι brood mares, Hdt. 1.192 .

2). c. acc. cogn., β. Δωρίαν κέλευθον ὕμνων Pi. Fr. 191 ; Καλλαβίδας Eup. 163 ; ἔβα ῥόον went down stream, i.e. died, Theoc. 1.140 .

b). metaph. of metre, scan, D.H. Comp. 21 ( Pass.), Aristid. Quint. 1.23 , 24 , etc.; βαίνεται τὸ ἔπος is scanned, Arist. Metaph. 1093a30 .

3). χρέος ἔβα με debts came on me, Ar. Nu. 30 ; ὀδύνα μ’ ὀδύνα βαίνει E. Hipp. 1371 (lyr.).

4). Poet. with acc. of the instrument of motion, βαίνειν πόδα E. El. 94 , 1173 (lyr.).

5). βαίνειν· φιλεῖν, κολακεύειν, Hsch.

B). Causal, in fut. βήσω,(ἐπι-) Il. 8.197 ,(εἰς-) E. IT 742 : aor. 1 ἔβησα—make to go, φῶτας βῆσεν ἀφ’ ἵππων he made them dismount, Il. 16.810 ; ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε κακῶς he brought them down from the chariot in sorry plight, 5.164 ; ὄφρα βάσομεν ὄκχον Pi. O. 6.24 .—Rare in Trag. (exc. in compds.), E. Med. 209 (lyr.).—The simple Verb is uncommon in later Gr. (For βάμ-y ω, cf. Lat. venio, Skt. gamyáte; βάσκω corresponds to Skt. gácchati (g[uglide]ṃ-sk-); root g[uglide]em- in OHG. quëman 'come'; ἔβην, βήσομαι fr. root g[uglide]ā-, Skt. jigāti, aor. ágāt.)